Predicate: shorten
shorten: Frames file for 'shorten' based on sentences in financial subcorpus
and automatic expansion via verbnet.
Roleset id: shorten.01 , make shorter, vncls: 45.4, framnet: -
shorten.01: Comparison to other quantifiable-change verbs (rise, etc). Member of Vncls other_cos-45.4.
Roles:
Arg0: causal agent (vnrole: 45.4-agent)
Arg1: thing becoming shorter (vnrole: 45.4-patient)
Arg2: EXT
Arg3: start point
Arg4: end point
Example: start and end points
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: full
Mr. Krampe also said that Mercedes plans to bring out new models
every year through the mid-1990s and it will shorten its product
development cycle to eight years from 10 or 12 years to compete
more effectively with Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus, Nissan Motor
Co.'s Infiniti and Honda Motor Co.'s Acura luxury-car divisions.
Arg0: it
Argm-mod: will
Rel: shorten
Arg1: its product development cycle
Arg4: to eight years
Arg3: from 10 or 12 years
Argm-prp: to compete more effectively with Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus, Nissan Motor Co.'s Infiniti and Honda Motor Co.'s Acura luxury-car divisions